Performers for 2023!
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Joseph Decosimo, Cleek Schrey & Luke RichardsonFriday Night Concert
Saturday Night Square Dance Workshops Three of the most compelling musicians in the American traditional music scene, Joseph Decosimo, Luke Richardson, and Cleek Schrey explore Old-Time repertoires with fiddle, hardanger d’amore, banjo, pump organ, and voice. The culmination of a dozen years of collaboration between these Tennessee and Virginia natives, the trio invites audiences into rich encounters with traditional music from the Appalachian and American South. The trio taps into the beautiful ambiguity and energy of the South’s older fiddle, banjo, and song repertoires. Grounded in their deep study of the old music, their performances draw listeners into uncluttered, spacious worlds of sound and feeling. Website: https://www.josephdecosimo.com/with-schrey-and-richardson |
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Jesse Milnes & Emily MillerFriday Night Concert
Workshops Jesse Milnes and Emily Miller perform country and old-time music, singing close harmony with Jesse's unique finger-picked guitar style and a healthy dose of old-time fiddling. Emily was raised playing and singing old-time and country music (the Louvin Brothers and the Stanley Brothers were household favorites) with her parents while they traveled the world as journalists. Jesse grew up in the world of West Virginia old-time music, learning from masters like Melvin Wine and Ernie Carpenter as well as his father, Gerry Milnes. They now make their home in central West Virginia. Website: https://www.emmyandjesse.com |
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Elizabeth LaPrelle & Brian DolphinFriday Night Concert
Workshops Elizabeth LaPrelle is a scholar and singer of Appalachian Ballads from Rural Retreat, Virginia. She built her style and repertoire from mentors like Ginny Hawker and Sheila Kay Adams, research into archival recordings, and family and friends. She received her undergraduate degree from the College of William and Mary with a major in Southern Appalachian Traditional Performance, and now tours the US regularly both performing and teaching. She’s also a banjo-player, and a visual and interdisciplinary artist. She lives with her husband Brian Dolphin and their young son. Brian Dolphin is a Thomas J. Watson Fellow, Fulbright recipient, and doctoral student of Ethnomusicology at the CUNY Graduate Center. He has studied folk music, lived with indigenous musicians, and performed all over the world. Elizabeth: https://www.facebook.com/people/Elizabeth-LaPrelle/100063609428700/ Brian: https://briandolphin.com/music |
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Kelly and SallyFriday Evening Lounge Act
Workshops Sally Jablonsky grew up playing music with their parents, hiking around in the desert singing cowboy songs, and learning the old tunes from their extended family at fiddle festivals. She will be joined by friend and fellow musician Kelly Hammer. |
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The Horsenecks |
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Saturday Evening Lounge Act
Workshops The Horsenecks play hard-hitting and heartfelt Old Time, classic Bluegrass and original roots music. Their sound is centered around the pairing of the signature rhythmic Appalachian fiddle style of Oregonian Gabrielle Macrae and the driving yet subtle banjo playing and accomplished guitar playing of Liverpudlian Barry Southern. Harmony singing and thoughtful song writing bring this Old Time band to the stage with a compelling take on the music that moves them; foot-stomping dance tunes, innovative fiddle-banjo compositions and heartfelt and inspired harmony singing. Whether they are singing centuries-old ballads, their own songs, or getting you up and dancing with a barn-burning fiddle tune, they remain firmly rooted in tradition, paying homage to the depth and richness of the music they have immersed themselves in for the last two decades. Whether performing as a duo or as a four piece Website: http://www.horsenecks.net |
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The Waysiders |
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Saturday Night Honky Tonk
Workshops Original country music from Portland, Oregon, featuring the songwriting of Gabrielle Macrae. Sisters Joanna and Gabrielle Macrae front the band with close vocal harmonies of the kind that only happen between siblings while the band bring a distinctively vintage sound to the new and old music they play. Drawing on the traditions of Swing, Rock and Roll, Old Time and Rhythm and Blues, the Waysiders deliver a new brand of classic country all their own. Gabrielle Macrae- guitar, vocals. Joanna Macrae- vocals. Barry Southern- guitar. Jamie Herrmann- Bass. Don Lawry- drums. Website: https://waysidersband.com |
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The Friendship Quilt |
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Friday Evening Lounge Act
Workshops The Friendship Quilt is a Seattle-based trio with musicians Marina DeMarco (fiddle, voice), Kayce Guthmiller (viola, voice) and Anna Preston (guitar, voice). The three met at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle and formed a bond sharing a living space during the pandemic. Their backgrounds coalesce to create a sound informed by Western classical and folk traditions as well as more contemporary songwriters and improvisers. |
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Devils Club Darlin'sFriday Late Night Dance
Workshops The Devils Club Darlin’s are a Bellingham based Old Time Stringband formed in 2015 having well over 200 years of music experience. Performing primarily for dances in the PNW and most recently using their voices to present songs from their mentors from days gone by. The Darlin’s are now a full fledged performance old time stringband read for your listening and dancing pleasure. From Bellingham and beyond they are Laurel Bliss on fiddle and guitar, John Clark on banjo, Dream Frohe on bass, John Hatton on guitar and ukulele and Howie Meltzer on fiddle. |
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Shnoll Family BandSaturday Afternoon Family Dance
Workshops Born the day after the 2011 Portland Old-Time Gathering, brothers Sam and Charlie Sheie (fiddle and guitar, respectively) lead the Shnoll Family Band. They are joined by their mothers Kate (banjo-ukulele) and Steph (banjo), with family friend Robin Wilcox on bass. |
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Paul SilveriaSaturday Evening Lounge Act
Workshops Paul Silveria is a banjo player, songwriter, teacher and dance caller who has been part of the old-time music community in the Pacific Northwest for 20 years. He plays folk songs, instrumentals, and originals. My topics range from personal and contemporary topics to historical, and I strive for the straight forward story-telling of the old-time songs I love. Old-time music is a living tradition that is highly social and participatory. Paul is always bringing a connective element to his performances by sharing the stories behind the music, encouraging people to sing along, or even calling a square dance! Website: https://www.paulsilveria.com |
Callers
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Caroline Oakley
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Ava HoneyAva Honey was raised in the great Pacific Northwest. She splits her time between Boise and Bellingham, raising kids, cutting hair and dabbling in all the finest things she can get ahold of.. like playing music, dancing, square dance calling and goof balling.
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Thank you to MicWerks for doing sound for this year's festival!
